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BRADENTON, Fla. (AP) — The Pittsburgh Pirates have assigned veteran right-handed pitcher Mike Clevinger to their minor league camp. The 35-year-old Clevinger had been hoping to earn a spot on the club’s opening day roster after agreeing to a minor league deal just before spring training began. Clevinger went 1-0 with a 5.02 ERA in 14 1/3 innings for Pittsburgh this spring, starting two games and coming out of the bullpen in two others.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — Andrew McCutchen will be on the opening day roster for the Texas Rangers. They expect the 39-year-old former MVP outfielder who joined the team on a minor league contract less than three weeks ago to split some time at designated hitter, maybe play a few games in the field and be a mentor to their young, talented outfielders. Chris Young, the team’s president of baseball operations, said Monday that McCutchen will be part of the 26-man squad when the season opens Thursday at Philadelphia. The 2013 National League MVP and five-time All-Star with Pittsburgh won a roster spot over Mark Canha, another veteran outfielder in camp on a minor league deal.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh has hired College of Charleston coach Robin Harmony to take over its struggling women’s basketball program. Harmony is replacing Tory Verdi, who was fired after three seasons. Harmony spent the last seven seasons at Charleston, winning 122 games and leading the Cougars to their first-ever women’s NCAA Tournament berth this season. A native of Hershey, Pennsylvania, Harmony had a standout college career at Miami before going into coaching. Prior to Charleston, Harmony spent six seasons at Lamar, guiding the Cardinals to three Southland Conference regular-season titles.